13 everyday things that always lie to us

1. Easy assembly furniture

What a joke! All of the instructions seem to be in sign language, and just when you think you’ve got the hang of it, you find yourself with a screw or bolt left over. Does that mean the whole thing is going to fall apart now?

2. Travel timetables

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So your bus is arriving in five minutes, right? Wrong! By the time it finally turns up you are seething with anger. What is the point of a timetable when it bears absolutely no relation to reality?

3. Easy open packets

Really? If it’s that easy, why is it we always get covered in whatever is in the packet? You feel humiliated by packaging…

4. Smart TVs

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These clever TVs make you feel stupid when you can’t get them to work. We think they are just rubbing our faces in it…

5. Resealable packets

You know the ones, they call themselves resealable, but what they really mean is that you get a packet of pasta with a free sticker. Thanks.

6. Toasters

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Think you know what number to set your toaster to for your perfect slice? Think again! Your toaster seems to be changing the rules on you and you just can’t keep up. Your bread is always untoasted or cremated. Grrr!

7. Ripe and ready to eat fruit

Seriously? How is this nectarine that I could hammer a nail in with, ripe and ready? You put it in the fruit bowl to let it ripen and the next time you check on it it’s just inedible mush…great.

8. Shower thermostats

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Finding the perfect temperature for your shower makes you feel a bit like Goldilocks…you just can’t get it right! The numbers on the dial seem to have no correlation to the temperature… are they just for decoration?

9. Fun sized food

Fun for who? We want to know exactly why less banana, apple or chocolate bar is supposed to be more enjoyable.

10. Easy iron clothes

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Surely this entirely depends on how good you are at ironing? You feel like an idiot if you can’t even get the creases out of a shirt that claims to be easy to iron. You are officially getting shamed by your clothing!

11. Food servings

We’ve all been there. You make something that claims to have a certain number of servings and just stare and the mixture, certain that you’ve done something wrong. HOW is this supposed to make 12 muffins?

12. Phone reception

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Your phone claims to have full reception with 4G but you can’t even make a phone call… You curse the technology gods for messing up your day.

13. Quick dry paint

OK, so it does dry quicker that regular paint, but we still think it’s not worthy of the title of quick dry. The hours spent waiting for it to dry just make you annoyed with yourself for believing their claims.

Do these everyday things that lie to us make you mad too? Let us know…

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